That would be pretty sweet. I want college hockey to keep growing.
Dumb, they should move the school to Quebec
Simon Fraser University in British Columbia joined NCAA Division II back in 2010 for a few of their sports programmes.Good one. But im curious. Is is theoretically possible, that University from Canada joins NCAA?
Indeed they did and they still draw flies to their games. University sports are just not a big part of the Canadian sports mosaic.Simon Fraser University in British Columbia joined NCAA Division II back in 2010 for a few of their sports programmes.
Indeed they did and they still draw flies to their games. University sports are just not a big part of the Canadian sports mosaic.
Should be interesting to see how this plays out. University of Alabama-Huntsville, which kept its program alive with almost miraculous levels of overnight fundraising, would be an obvious road trip and rivalry.
Considering they finally built a stand in their footballs stadium (plural intended) for 1,800 people, Simon Fraser stands a chance of drawing a few more flies.
The stand was ready for 2020. Alas...
Indeed they did and they still draw flies to their games. University sports are just not a big part of the Canadian sports mosaic.
That's not necessarily just a Canadian thing. Division II sports in general are not attendance heavy. Lots of basketball teams only draw in the low-hundreds (here) and hockey teams (here) seem to do even worse.
With all due respect to those programs, people don't enroll at a D-II school if following sports is high on their list of priorities.
Plenty of Division I men's hoops teams draw in the low hundreds. You don't even have to go down to lower divisions - just the mid-major and minor conferences. Outside of the Power 5 and a few other schools, attendance - even in revenue sports like football and men's hoops - is non-existent at every level of college athletics. A couple thousand for a mid-major DI men's hoops game is a huge number, and you can bet that mid-major's women's team draws 200 if they're lucky.
Indeed. The scale of elite-conference football and basketball gives an impression about the popularity of college sports that doesn't actually apply to 99% of the rest.
Another example is college baseball, which is actually a pretty appealing product -- high level of play in a popular sport, with plenty of top draft prospects to see. But outside of a few power teams you rarely see a real crowd at those games. Even the inflated numbers they report show dozens D-I teams with only a few hundred fans on a good day. Often the stands are all but empty... just the way it is at the college level.
I sure hope your campaign slogan for this youth sports initiative doesn't include: "a good first smoke."... I think synthetic ice is a potentially great way to cost-effectively get kids U10 in black community bases on "ice". Be a good first smoke. From there let the demand past-U10 carry over into greater initiatives.
Cart before the horse. Needs to start at grassroots and build to an HBCU team over years. I think synthetic ice is a potentially great way to cost-effectively get kids U10 in black community bases on "ice" . Be a good first smoke. From there let the demand past-U10 carry over into greater initiatives.